Opening 80+ Whispers of the Old Gods Packs: An Exercise in Randomness

Perspectives

Hey everyone, just a short piece this week. Hearthstone's latest and long awaited expansion, Whispers of the Old Gods, finally launched last week. It had been nearly 6 months since the mega-popular card game received new cards. I was chomping at the bit to try out a whole new world of decks and strategies, so I figured no better way than to open nearly 100 packs on day one!

My pack opening was streaming to Twitch, but I wanted to post it here for more of you to see. It's exciting to open so many packs at once and see how the gods of randomness treat you. Opening packs will never get tiring for me. I hope you enjoy seeing my spoils and I'll be back next week with a game review!

TIF Reviews: Whispers of the Old Gods! (Hearthstone)

Video Article

Hello everyone! It's been a long time, but I'm finally back with another video article. In keeping with tradition, this week I reviewed the latest Hearthstone expansion: Whispers of the Old Gods. 134 cards is a lot to review in one video, so I picked the 15 cards that have me the most excited. I contextualize all my card thoughts for how much of an impact they might make in the new Standard format. Everything is changing and I am so excited!

So please check out the video and let me know what you think. Are you excited for Whispers of the Old Gods? What cards got you the most excited? We are entering a new era for Hearthstone and I hope you will all follow along with my journey.

The Impact Factor Ep. 51: PlayStation Tank
Podcast
Welcome to the 51st episode of The Impact Factor! The Impact Factor is what happens when two scientists, and two best friends, get together to talk about video games. Hosts Alex Samocha [biomedical scientist] and Charles Fliss [social scientist] sit down every week to discuss the week in gaming! Listen in for the news, views, and games that made the biggest impact!

Please send your suggestions and feedback to: impactfactorpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode Alex and Fliss talk about about PS4 NEO, GameTrust, Dark Souls 3, Hearthstone, Pyre, Xbox 360 ending production, labor conditions in gaming, the DOOM Beta, Enter the Gungeon and much more!

“Game developers must avoid the ‘wage-slave’ attitude" by Alex St. John, VentureBeat
“Recruiting, Training and Retaining GIANTS” presentation by Alex. St. John
“Game Industry Veteran Writes Horrifying Article In Defense Of Poor Working Conditions” by Jason Schreier, Kotaku
“An In-Line Response to ‘Wage-Slaves’” by Rami Ismail

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